The terms and conditions of this privacy statement laid down below applies to all the websites and social networking accounts of Cosmo PH (managed by Summit Publishing Co. Inc.) along with all the affiliate websites who fall under the jurisdiction of this policy. This privacy policy governs the collection, utilization, disclosure and protection of your personal and non-personal information that may or may not be collected for providing you the required services and/or improving our website.
What does this Privacy Policy apply to?
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By agreeing to the terms of this policy, you explicitly reflect your consent to the aggregation, use, revelation and sharing of your information as per the conditions mentioned in this policy. Any disclosure of your personal information to other third parties will be done according to your consent.
- Any information that is not gathered by Summit sites will not be covered under this privacy policy as it does not apply to those advertisers, partners or third-parties linked to us. If you visit or submit your personal data to them, it will be subject to their policy’s terms.
- Some sections or certain services provided by Summit sites carry different privacy provisions, which will be mentioned if you fetch those services. You can choose whether or not to proceed further with it after going through it carefully.
Information Collected by us:
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We collect your personal information when you register to receive the requested services and delivery of goods like your name, address, postal address, email ID, age, gender and the likes which are necessary to render what you asked for. Such data is useful for email notifications, subscriptions, participating in contests, submitting feedbacks and to fulfill other transactions between the user and our website.
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The huge lot of non-personal information like your IP address, location, and kind of pages viewed, the duration of your browsing on our website, types of advertisements seen, search terms you have entered, browser type and other similar info about your activities, is collected automatically. Such informationare non-personally identifiable however they pay a huge role in letting us recognize next time you gain access to our website.
Cookies Policy:
Cookie is a small bit of data that is naturally stored in your device whenever you visit a website. These cookies are employed by Cosmopolitan to understand the usage pattern of its website, customizing the user’s experience by assessing the content and improving the website. Cookies are also used to regulate the display of ads, monitoring the pattern of your use and to record your preferences. Such information might be disclosed to our potential or existing partners and sometimes third-parties might set some tools on your computer as well. However, we never put your personal data on cookies and isn’t responsible for how they handle it. You can manage these permanent and non-permanent cookies through your browser settings but be mindful that some features of Summit Media may get restricted for your use in such cases.
How is your personal data used?
Any sort of personal or non-personal information submitted voluntarily and/or automatically will be put to use for the following purposes:
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Most significantly, the collected data about you is utilized for providing you with the goods or services you have ordered including newsletters, notifications about the event you took part in, for informing you about special offers, and any other news about our partners/advertisers.
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The information provided by you will be applied to identify you as a user and to facilitate a pleasant browsing expedition by making the most relevant content visible to you.
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All the personal and non-personal information collected by us or our affiliates will be utilized collectively for marketing the Summit sites. However, your personally identifiable data will be turned anonymous and will be disclosed to any third parties at our discretion.
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We gather non-personal data for internal analytics and to improvise our websites along with our services for a better browsing experience of the users.
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Your data is used to handle complaints, answer to enquiries, communication purposes, send invoices, and collect bills and to notify you about the services we have agreed upon.
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The information provided by the users can also be used for editorial motives by Summit Media. We can reuse, edit, or rewrite the content to be utilized by trade media and advertising purposes.
When do we disclose your information?
Cosmo Philippines takes all the appropriate measures to secure the personal information of its users from any unauthorized access or risks arising from similar situations. You’re the sole entity to know your password and Cosmo will ask for your password to get access to your account. It sternly prohibits you to disclose your account details to anyone, if so, Cosmo can’t be held responsible for any losses or damages occurred by the non-compliance from your end.
Privacy Policy for Children under 13:
Apart from the purposes mentioned above, your personal data might be disclosed or shared by the Summit Media in following situations:
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If we are legally bound by the law or any government authority to do so.
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To support our claim in the court of law during any legal proceedings.
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To defend and protect ourselves against someone who is causing harm to our existence and operations
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In case of mergers, acquisitions or take-overs, your data will be revealed to our partners.
Protection of your personal information:
Cosmopolitan adopts all the standard measures of the industry to safeguard your data from potential threats, leakage and unauthorized disclosure. We ourselves don’t have the access to the user’s accounts unless the owner provides us the password. Although the digital world and transmissions of your data is never 100% secure over the Internet, we advise you not to share your account info with anyone to avoid any kind of data leakage from your side.
Changes in the policy:
The privacy policy of Summit Sites is subject to changes and amendments from time and again. You will be informed about all the updated terms regarding the disclosure of your personal and non-personal information through an email. Once you agree to the new policy, then we will proceed with the collection and processing of your data.
Right to Opt-out:
In case you longer want to fetch the services of Cosmopolitan, you can easily opt-out from receiving their notifications and stop them from gathering your information. You can follow the unsubscribing instructions mentioned on our website or get in touch with our customer care services on privacy-smg@jgssummit.com to cancel your registration. Once you have cancelled your subscription, you won’t be able to fetch our services anymore.
